Stand-up comedian Andrew Lawrence has launched an attack on “political” comics who are “cracking cheap and easy gags” against UKIP. He took to Facebook to claim comedians on BBC shows like ‘Mock The Week’ were smug and overpaid. The ‘Live
A third of asylum seekers who claim to be gay fail to mention their sexuality for “months or years after arrival in the UK, often following a refusal of leave on other grounds” according to a new report. The Chief
The policy of confiscating the passports of radical Muslims has been called into question after it was revealed both terrorist attacks in Canada were perpetrated by people stripped of their travel documents. Martin Couture-Rouleau and Michael Zehaf-Bibeau were both prevented
A group of squatters took over a 101-year-old woman’s home whilst she was in hospital recovering from a stroke. Megan Wilkinson’s family only discovered the house had been taken over when they sent an estate agent around because they planned
New figures have revealed that 20 MPs earn more than £100k a year on top of their House of Commons salary. The politicians have declared the outside earnings from a range of sources from legal work to writing novels, according
This week most of the world has been struck by the remarkable sight of the Canadian Sergeant-At-Arms walking around in his traditional regalia with a gun, having personally fought off a terrorist attack. Although the attack was a dreadful moment
The Chief Executive of NHS England has said that the service should give companies money in exchange for asking their staff to lose weight and stop smoking. Simon Stevens claimed the move was vital to help plug the £8bn annual
The Home Secretary has claimed too many ethnic minorities get tasered by British Police, and more “transparency” is needed. Theresa May has now ordered a review after it was revealed half of those who the police have used it on
Afghan-Canadian journalist Nelofer Pazira has told the Independent that yesterday’s attack in Ottawa happened because the country’s Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper “pushed Canada into joining the US-led war in the Middle East”. She claimed that the country had “become
Yesterday’s extraordinary fire fight in the Canadian Parliament brought together two men from quite different backgrounds. On one side was 32-year-old Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, who raised his arms in delight having shot an unarmed solider at point blank range. The other
A flagship child care plan introduced by the last Labour government has been shown to be so bad at encouraging mums back into work that it cost £66,000 for each one who did. The cost of giving free nursery places
Electronic cigarettes have been banned on the London transport network, without any consultation or even an announcement. The ban means anyone using the tobacco substitute will face a fine for vaping on trains, buses or the tube. Transport for London
The financial problems in the Welsh NHS do not seem to have dampened its Labour leadership’s appetite for wasting money on oddly titled politically correct jobs. The Taxpayers’ Alliance have published a list of 43 pointless jobs, which are costing
GPs are being offered a cash bonus for every new dementia case they diagnose under a scheme that has been branded unethical by leading doctors. The NHS will pay family doctors £55 every time they diagnose a case, in the
Parliament Square has been closed to the public after a group of left-wing protesters attempted to move in and take it over. Fencing was erected today and campaigners were moved on, but the Churchill statue still has a protester on
Disquiet amongst right-wing Conservative MPs is growing thanks to David Cameron’s latest announcement on curbing EU migration. The policy, which is widely believed to be unenforceable, has caused outrage because it will be seen as a “cheap stunt” according to
Thousands of British people suspected of viewing child pornography online will escape justice according to the head of the National Crime Agency (NCA). Keith Bristow’s team has identified that around 50,000 British people regularly view illegal pornography but believe this
A gay couple have spoken out about being shouted at on a London bus for kissing. Jack James, and his partner were on board the number 89 bus in South London when, according to the Evening Standard, the driver subjected
Ken Clarke has suggested that some of his “more right-wing colleagues” in the Conservative Party should defect to UKIP. The comments came during an appearance on the BBC Today programme in which he claimed there was “a wave of almost
Stamps depicting the homoerotic drawings of a Finnish artist should be banned from Russia according to a member of the St Petersburg Legislature. Vitaly Milonov has demanded Russia Post refuse to deliver letters with the stamps on because they are
Police and security services are said to have upped security for tomorrow’s visit of President Tan of Singapore amidst concerns ISIS may use the visit to launch an attack. The State Visit is the first major event in London since
DJ Mike Read has launched a pro-UKIP song on iTunes and Amazon today, but it is bad… very bad. The ‘UKIP Calypso‘ by the Independents was written and performed by Read who is a former Radio One DJ. Perhaps unsurprisingly the email to members
The Conservatives have pulled ahead of Labour in Scotland according to a poll by YouGov. The survey puts the Conservatives on 20 percent, Labour on 19 percent with the Liberal Democrats on 9 percent and ‘others’ including the Scottish National
